Survey Data
Reg No
50130069
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Apartment/flat (converted)
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
315277, 236969
Date Recorded
29/05/2018
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached five-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1890, now converted to apartments. Square-plan with two-bay gabled projection, quarter-engaged single-storey octagonal garden room to southeast; projecting ground floor to east and central bays containing integral porch beneath balustraded balcony; shared single-storey return to north. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with terracotta ridge crestings and hip tiles, red brick chimneystacks having plinth and corniced caps, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods and ogee profile gutters. Red brick walling laid in Flemish bond on plinth course with cement-rendered base, moulded brick stringcourse and cornice, key blocked oculus to gable, and painted masonry balusters and concrete coping to balcony. Square-headed window openings with plain reveals, granite sills and replacement uPVC windows. Elliptical-headed porch opening having keystone, moulded imposts and archivolt; fielded painted timber door with transom light, glazed side panel and brass knob opening onto tiled porch; seven granite steps to street level flanked by brick plinth walls. Wedge-shaped site to west side of Botanic Road, with small front garden enclosed by decorative wrought-iron gate and railings on concrete plinth wall with brick piers having concrete copings.
Appraisal
This house stands near the corner of Botanic Road and St. Mobhi Road and forms one of a pair of similarly-styled semi-detached houses with attractive moulded brick details, prominent chimneystacks and pedimented street-front gables. Built as a domestic house, the building is now divided for use as apartments but its exterior is largely unchanged except for replacement windows. It is an early example of semi-detached domestic building in the area and is representative of the residential development of Glasnevin in the late nineteenth century. Its red brick walling sets it very much in character with the surrounding architectural character but it is distinguished from the plainer neighbouring buildings by its ornamental moulded brickwork which gives it a sense of classical order.